“We Can Change History”

Two weeks of peaceful protests against the Keystone XL pipeline at the White House wrap up on a positive note. The act of civil disobedience attracted hundreds of people to Washington D.C. and brought the issue to national and international attention. According to tarsandsaction.org 1,252 arrests were made and nine Nobel Peace Laureates, including the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, signed a letter urging President Obama to stand by his promises to find clean energy alternatives and create a healthier environment.Bill Mckibben expresses his thanks those who helped make this event unignorable and his hope to be able use the momentum gained by the protests and “carry it on to victory”.

Behind the scenes: to stop a tar sands pipeline, the climate justice movement begins civil disobedience on a grand scale.